Ripley Wolves leading Senior “A” league, with 12 wins, two losses

The Ripley Wolves are in sole possession of first place, after notching three wins over the past couple of weeks.

Saturday night, Dec. 8, in Ripley, the Wolves blanked Milverton, 7-0. Game stats are currently unavailable.

Thanks to everyone who donated to the Gord Downie Foundation for Brain Cancer Research in memory of Wayne Britton, father of Wolves forward Cody Britton, who lost his battle to cancer earlier this year.

The Wolves had a two-win weekend, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, defeating Lucknow and Petrolia by scores of 7-1 and 9-5, respectively.

Friday in Lucknow, Brett Catto led the way with two goals and three assists. Other scorers were Gerritt Satosek (2), Dan Nicoloff, Blake Nichol and Rob White.

Assists went to Cody Britton (3), Catto (3), Garrett Meurs (2), Payton Dunlop, Tyson Soers, Nick Seiler, and White.

Jason Hamilton got the win in the Wolves net.

Saturday night in Ripley, the Wolves hosted the third-place Petrolia Squires. Brent Walton had a huge night, denting the twine four times. Other goals were scored by Ben Scheel (2), Britton, Satosek, and Nicoloff.

Assists went to Nicoloff (3), Seiler (2), Ben Hughes (2), Keaton Willis, Britton, Satosek, Jeff Alcombrack (2), Soers (2), Catto, Ryan Dudgeon, and Hamilton.

Kurt Edwards and Hamilton split the duties in the Wolves net.

The Wolves have a two-game weekend coming up, when they travel to Palmerston to face Mapleton-Minto, Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m.

They are then home for a rare Sunday afternoon tilt against Tillsonburg, Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. It’s Tyke Day, so come cheer on the future Wolves between periods. Game sponsor is Lippert Trucking.



Gerrett Meurs (right) of the Ripley Wolves gets ready to flip the puck into the Shelburne goal while teammate Gerrit Satosek (left) hopes for a pass, when the teams faced off in Ripley, Nov. 10; photos by David Dadson



Paul Stewart (in behind) of the Wolves and teammate Shawn Stewart compete for the puck behind the Shelburne net



Patrick Looby (right) of the Wolves fires a shot